Holden Caulfield: Not a typical teenager In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher and the Rye, a young boy struggles through his teenage years. Some commentators have argued that Holden Caulfield is a typical sixteen-year-old. I disagree with that statement and believe Holden was far from a normal teen. He showed several traits of a troubled child and went through many hard times. Holden is a troubled and unreliable teenager. First of all he fails …showed first 75 words of 639 total…

…showed last 75 words of 639 total…Caulfield is a troubled sixteen-year-old. I do not agree that Holden is a typical teenager because he is not. His life did not exactly throw him the nice fast ball right down the middle, but he was different from most kids his age. From the events at school to the events at home, Holden proved to be far from typical. I do not agree with anyone who commits to saying he was a typical teenager.